What is the Difference Between a CTO and VP of Engineering?

What's the Difference Between CTO and VP Engineering -- What it means to be VP of Engineering

Previously Published to Propelo.AI on What it means to be VP of Engineering Constantly raising the bar for innovation, quality and productivity, the success of most engineering organizations depends on the ingenuity of one leader in particular — an advocate for technical teams, a “people person,” and one who leads by example. The vice president of engineering is someone who’s strong in what BuiltIn calls the ‘people arts’ — arts that include the skillful recruiting, mentoring and […]

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What Is MTTR?: The DORA Metric You Need To Know

What is MTTR? MTTR Change Failure Rate (CFR) Lead time to Change Deployment Frequency Development Velocity Sustainability Reliability

What Is “Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR)”? — A Complete Overview Previously Published to Propelo.AI DORA metrics are cornerstone to the software engineering culture that is DevOps. In fact, DORA is actually an acronym for “DevOps Research and Analytics,” a practice that has been widely adopted by engineering organizations all over the world.  It’s an excellent tool for improving the performance, productivity and efficiency of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) — but an even better tool […]

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What is the Purpose of the Sprint Retrospective?

What is a sprint retrospective? Agile Project Management, Technical Project Management, Agile Software Development, Developer Productivity Engineering, Developer Happiness, Propelo,

10 Ways to Improve Your Next Sprint Retrospective Meeting Previous Published on Propelo.AI What is the Sprint Retrospective in Scrum? Dictionary.com defines a retrospective as the “looking back on or dealing with past events or situations.“  It’s a reflection of sorts.  And in the case of a sprint retrospective, it’s the reflection of past sprint events — a meeting between various members of the engineering team and stakeholders in the organization. Everyone has a chance to speak — […]

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How To Create Jira Dashboards — And 6 Reasons It’s Not Enough

Jira Dashboards, ATLASSIAN, How to Create Jira Dashboards, Agile Project Management, Developer Productivity, Automated Dashboards, how to create gadgets in Jira, How to create a report in Jira, How to create an app in Jira

Step-by-Step Guides: How To Create Jira Dashboards, Reports and Gadgets — And 6 Reasons Why They Might Just Not Be Enough | Previously Published to Propelo.AI Engineering leaders need to stay ahead of the data. They need to be aware of the bigger picture while gaining an in-depth knowledge of each and every factor plaguing teams along the way. Data must be accurate — the closer to real-time, the better. Data must be purposeful — […]

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Startup Obtains Industry-Leading Certification, Continues Focus On The Future Of Engineering Excellence

DORA Metrics -- The State of DevOps 2022, DORA Metrics, Development Velocity, Deployment Frequency, Lead time to Change, MTTR, Mean time to resolution, Change Failure Rate, Reliability, SPACE Framework, Developer Productivity Engineering, Jellyfish, Sleuth, LinearB,

Previously published to NewsBreak Last week, Propelo Inc, the world’s leading engineering excellence platform, dropped some pretty exciting news within the DevOps community. Known for its no-code workflow automation, the company recently attained its SOC-2 Type II certification, proving that it truly values data privacy and security. The credential was awarded to Propelo under the Trust Service Principles (TSP) and Criteria framework developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). After undergoing an extensive certification process, the company […]

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